Furthermore, there are irradiation facilities, for example to produce medically used radioisotopes (as Lu-177), and a tumour treatment facility.

The plates would then be returned to Tehran to power the reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.

It is used primarily for neutron activation to produce radioisotopes or analyze composition of material samples.

Common artificial sources are artificially produced radioisotopes, X-ray tubes and particle accelerators.

Firstly, the systems are extremely expensive at around $1 million, and often cyclotrons ($700k) need to be purchased as well to produce radioisotopes.

Iran has always stated that the TRR is being used to produce radioisotopes through irradiation for industrial and medical purposes.

Produced extremely high quality rare radioisotopes for medicine and industry.

In addition to producing medical radioisotopes, reactors produce beams of neutrons, which are put to various beneficial uses.

Research reactors that produce radioisotopes for medical or industrial use are sometimes called isotope reactors.

The reactor is expected to produce radioisotopes in coordination with existing production facilities at Petten in the Netherlands.